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Scraping 241 UK council planning portals – 2.6M decisions so far (news.ycombinator.com)
· hn · HN
Spain’s Jobless Rate Increases the Most Since the Pandemic (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
European Stocks Drop as Tech, Oil-Led Inflation Fears Weigh (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
BOJ Holds in Shock Split Vote & Merz Says Trump 'Humiliated' By Iran | Daybreak Europe 4/28/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Google launches Ask YouTube, a conversational AI search "experiment" that generates pages with videos and text summaries, for Premium users in the US aged 18+ (Jay Peters/The Verge) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Telenor Cuts Outlook as Growth in Nordics Slows (wsj.com)
· wsj
China Forces Meta to Unwind AI Deal as BOJ Turns More Hawkish | Insight with Haslinda Amin 4/28/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Australia threatens tech companies with 2.25 percent tax if they don’t pay publishers (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Tiger Global-Backed Spinny Said to Hire Banks for Indian IPO (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Shin-Etsu Withholds Annual Outlook Due to Iran War Disruptions (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Apple Announces 'Ted Lasso' Season Four Streaming Date (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Bloomberg CTO Shawn Edwards says the company is overhauling Terminal with a new chatbot-style interface called ASKB, currently open to ~125K users in beta (Joel Khalili/Wired) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Zip Infrastructure Enters Investment Agreement with Sekisui House for Self-Propelled Ropeway “Zippar” (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
CBcloud, Operator of Delivery Platform “PickGo,” Accepts Investment Participation from 14 Companies and Funds in Okinawa (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
WATT, Developer of In-Building Autonomous Delivery Robots, Secures Investment from KURONEKO Innovation Fund No. 2 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
The G512 X is Logitech’s most advanced and customizable gaming keyboard yet (engadget.com)
· engadget
EQT Raises €3.1 Billion for New European Real Estate Fund (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Anglo American Confirms Guidance on Steady Copper, Iron Production (wsj.com)
· wsj
AirPods Pro 3 Return to $199.99 Low Price on Amazon (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
As Russia throttles popular apps and intermittently cuts off internet access, ordinary citizens, politicians, TV stars, and others criticize the restrictions (New York Times) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Thailand Plans 20% Electricity Price Cut for Low-Use Households (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
UAE Tells Some Oil Buyers to Pick Up Gulf Supply Outside Hormuz (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Barclays Posts Higher Profit on Top-Line Growth (wsj.com)
· wsj
UBS Using Party Funding to Press Swiss Lawmakers, Minister Says (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Horizons Middle East & Africa 4/28/2026 (Video) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
BYD Seal 08 debuts with Blade Battery 2.0: 1,000km range, 5-min charging, 684hp (electrek.co)
· hn · HN
GTFOBins (gtfobins.org)
· hn · HN
WPP Posts Decline in Key Metric Amid Broad Growth Slowdown (wsj.com)
· wsj
Gartner: US states issued $3.45B in privacy-related fines to companies in 2025, a total larger than the last five years combined, driven by new privacy laws (Derek B. Johnson/CyberScoop) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
BP Earnings Jump as Oil Traders Get Boost From Iran War (wsj.com)
· wsj
Trump to Address Iran Proposal ‘Very Soon’ as Oil Rises Further (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to €4.5B, MAUs up 12% YoY to 761M, above 759M est., Premium subscribers up 9% YoY to 293M, and a €715M operating income (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Skyroot Lays Out Launch Plans, India's Space Ambitions (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Air Liquide Revenue Rises on Gas, Services Business Strength (wsj.com)
· wsj
Fortescue’s Mark Barnaba on Iran, Rates and China (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Iran, Rate Calls Loom Over Asia’s Tech‑Led Rally | The Asia Trade 4/28/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Australia unveils a draft News Bargaining Incentive scheme that imposes a 2.25% levy on local revenues for platforms; Meta says the government is "simply wrong" (The Guardian) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Iranian Oil Tankers Are Clustering Just Shy Of US Blockade Line (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
FTSE 100 Futures, Pound Fall Ahead of BP and Barclays Earnings (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Vibe Coding Will Break Your Company (forbes.com)
· hn · HN
Match Group invests $100M in Seattle-based Sniffies, a web-only platform for queer men with ~3M MAUs worldwide, paving the way for a possible acquisition (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
‘AI deflation’ comes to India’s tech services giants and puts downward pressure on revenue (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Yuan Gains Weigh on Chinese Earnings as Forex Losses Mount (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
What's new in pip 26.1 - lockfiles and dependency cooldowns! (simonwillison.net)
· simonw
The China Show 4/28/2026 (Video) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Where to Invest 10 Lakh Rupees as Iran War Rattles Indian Markets (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Drizzle on top: a new high-end dog food brand is coming for the 1% (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Best Buy Discount Codes: Up to 60% Off (wired.com)
· wired
Google Signs Classified AI Deal With Pentagon Amid Employee Opposition (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Korean Investment Management's Bae on markets (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Brain-computer interface firm Gestala on growth plans (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Pony AI CEO James Peng on business strategy, expansion plans (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
WASM is not quite a stack machine (purplesyringa.moe)
· hn · HN
San Francisco, AI capital of the world, is an economic laggard (economist.com)
· hn · HN
Hate to Suggest Partying Like It's 1999, But... (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Bank of Japan’s ‘Hawkish Hold’ Strengthens Yen, Strategists Say (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Chinese Battery Giant CATL Aims to Raise $5 Billion via Share Placement (wsj.com)
· wsj
20th Anniversary iPhone's 'Liquid Glass' Display to Make Bezels Vanish (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Jury selection in Musk v. Altman: ‘People don’t like him’ (theverge.com)
· theverge
China’s State Refiners Seek to Resume Fuel Exports After Halt (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
OpenAI Recently Missed Internal Revenue Target (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
India’s Snabbit closes $56M round as investor interest in on-demand home services heats up (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
LingBot-Map: Streaming 3D reconstruction with geometric context transformer (technology.robbyant.com)
· hn · HN
Claire's closes all 154 stores in UK and Ireland with loss of 1,300 jobs (bbc.com)
· hn · HN
Key takeaways after testing out SpeakON, an AI-powered dictation iPhone accessory (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
TPG Buys Majority Stake in Japanese Logistics Assets From ESR (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Yen Gains Against Dollar After BOJ Keeps Interest Rates on Hold (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
ComfyUI、ノードベースのAI生成ツールで5億ドル評価へ──3,000万ドルを調達 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
Transformerの先にある未来――Llion Jones氏が金融機関に示す、AI進化の本質的課題と可能性【MUIP Innovation Day 2026】 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
トークン化がもたらす金融変革の「3つの注目分野」——米国フィンテック専門VCが見る最前線 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
「1970年代以来の変革」——AIとブロックチェーンが書き換えるグローバル金融の未来図 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Planning REIT to Boost Property Gains (wsj.com)
· wsj
US-Sanctioned Chinese Refiner Hengli Restructures Singapore Unit (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Introducing talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930 (simonwillison.net)
· simonw
Show HN: Waiting for LLMs Suck – Give your user a game (github.com)
· hn · HN
Retail Investors Return as India’s Small-, Mid-Cap Stock Rally Builds (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Open Weights Kill the Moat (warman.life)
· hn · HN
マンション内自動配送ロボ開発のWATT、KURONEKO Innovation Fund 2号から出資を獲得 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
配送プラットフォーム「PickGo」運営のCBcloud、沖縄県内企業等14社・ファンドから出資参画を受け入れ (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
Q&A with Evan Spiegel on why distribution is the most important moat in consumer tech, investing in Specs, 2026 as a "crucible" moment for Snap, and more (Lenny Rachitsky/Lenny's Newsletter) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Why Is China Blocking Meta’s Acquisition of Manus? (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Court Selects Jury for Musk-Altman Trial (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Zip Infrastructure、自走式ロープウェイ「Zippar」で積水ハウスと出資契約を締結 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
Many US rural communities oppose AI data center buildout; Pew says 67% of planned data centers are in rural areas, while 87% of existing ones are in urban areas (Financial Times) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
An analysis of Internet Archive data finds that by mid-2025, ~35% of new websites published since ChatGPT's launch in late 2022 were AI-generated or AI-assisted (Matthew Gault/404 Media) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
China blocks Zuck’s acquisition of AI outfit Manus (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
BlackRock Says Higher Government Bond Yields Are Here to Stay (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Kpler, an online analytics platform tracking global maritime traffic and energy flows, says it has gained millions of new users since the war in Iran began (Alice Hancock/Financial Times) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
China Venture Capital Boosting Parallel Funds for US Investors (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Samsung SDI Posts Smaller-Than-Expected Loss, Sending Shares Up (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
FedEx Plans to Return Grounded MD-11s to Service in May (wsj.com)
· wsj
Source: Google signed a deal allowing the US DOD to use Google's AI for "any lawful government purpose"; Google says the agreement amends an existing contract (Erin Woo/The Information) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
I quit drinking for a year (dynomight.net)
· hn · HN
Axios Finish Line: Prompt like a pro (axios.com)
· axios
Show HN: AgentSwift – open-source iOS builder agent (github.com)
· hn · HN
Apple accused of discriminating against unionized Towson workers (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Layoffs.fyi: layoffs affecting 45,800 tech employees were announced in March 2026, making it the worst month for reported tech job cuts in at least two years (Wall Street Journal) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Foreign Carmakers Threaten to Pull Cheapest Models From U.S. Without Trade Deal (wsj.com)
· wsj
Korea Passes UK to Become World’s Eighth-Largest Stock Market (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
WHCD shooting fails to budge Dems on DHS shutdown (axios.com)
· axios
Bengaluru-based Snabbit, an on-demand home services startup, raised a $56M Series D, a source says at a ~$350M valuation, up from $180M in October 2025 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
First LNG Shipment Since Iran War Began Appears to Exit Hormuz (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Some Musk v. Altman Jurors Don't Like Elon Musk (wired.com)
· wired
Show HN: 49Agents – Infinite canvas IDE for AI agents (github.com)
· hn · HN
Ted Nyman – High Performance Git (gitperf.com)
· hn · HN
Microsoft's GitHub shifts to metered AI billing amid cost crisis (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
How residents in Archbald, Pennsylvania, home to ~7,000 people, are pushing back against six proposed data center campuses covering ~14% of the town's land (Tim Craig/Washington Post) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Advantest Shares Decline After Outlook Misses on Tight Capacity (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Trump Discusses Latest Iran Proposal With Aides (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Put it in pencil: NASA's Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027 (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Nissan Shares Climb After Forecasting Profit Instead of Loss (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Generative AI Vegetarianism (sboots.ca)
· hn · HN
Dynatrace Rallies on Report That Starboard Value Took a Stake (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Google is testing AI chatbot search for YouTube (theverge.com)
· theverge
Microsoft Comes Out of OpenAI Deal a Winner; Risks in AI Financing (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Our commitment to community safety (openai.com)
· openai
OpenAI models, Codex, and Managed Agents come to AWS (openai.com)
· openai
CS Professor: To My Students (ozark.hendrix.edu)
· hn · HN
Paramount Requests FCC Approval for Hefty Middle East Ownership (wsj.com)
· wsj
microsoft/VibeVoice (simonwillison.net)
· simonw
SpaceX and AI IPOs Hold Risks for AI Buildout, Say Investors at AI Event (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Amazon says it plans to expand its Amazon Now quick commerce service to 100 Indian cities; the service is currently live in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru (The Economic Times) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Ongoing supply-chain attack 'explicitly targeting' security, dev tools (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Sources: Meta is preparing to have to unwind its Manus acquisition after China banned the transaction; Manus investors have already received their returns (Wall Street Journal) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
BYD, Geely Results to Provide Pointers in China EV Stock Rivalry (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Activist Starboard Value Takes Stake in AI Software Maker Dynatrace (wsj.com)
· wsj
GOP leaders duke it out over DHS funding (axios.com)
· axios
New Integrated by Design FreeBSD Book (vivianvoss.net)
· hn · HN
Ukraine's drone commander has Russian oil, troops and morale in his sights (bbc.com)
· hn · HN
CATL Prices $5 Billion Share Placement at Low End of Range (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
9to5Mac Daily: April 27, 2026 – iOS 26.4.2, more on Ternus and Cook  (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Why Spotify has no button to filter out AI music (bbc.com)
· bbc-tech
Goldman Hikes Oil Forecasts Again as Hormuz Shock Builds (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Rising Yield Outlook Makes Japan’s Life Insurers Go Slow on JGBs (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Pre-War Playbook Returns as Stock Traders Favor Asia Over US (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
It’s a busy time for sci-fi, but don’t miss Aphelion (theverge.com)
· theverge
What’s new in Android’s April 2026 Google System Updates [U] (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Gold Steadies as Traders Weigh Diplomatic Push to End Iran War (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Here’s what Apple showcased at ICLR 2026, one of the world’s biggest AI conferences (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Shanghai-based Lightelligence, which makes photonics chips, surges by nearly 400% in its trading debut in Hong Kong after raising ~$310M in its IPO (Ann Cao/South China Morning Post) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
OpenAI releases Symphony, an open-source spec for agent orchestration that turns a project-management board like Linear into a control plane for coding agents (OpenAI) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Claude Pro: Opus model will only be available if extra usage is enabled (support.claude.com)
· hn · HN
Oil Steadies as US Weighs Iran Proposal With Hormuz Still Shut (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Asian Stocks Look Subdued Ahead of Tech Earnings: Markets Wrap (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
South Korea's stock market value has surpassed the UK's, growing 45%+ this year to $4.04T after a surge in AI-linked tech stocks like Samsung and SK Hynix (Charlotte Yang/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Vietnam Gas Major Looks to US as Iran War Reorders LPG Flows (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Spelman's Roz Brewer: Need to Run Colleges Like a Business (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930 (talkie-lm.com)
· hn · HN
Anthropic Sydney office (anthropic.com)
· anthropic
Opinion | China’s AI ‘Hotel California’ (wsj.com)
· wsj
Mexico Arrests Cartel Boss With $5 Million US Bounty on His Head (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Opinion | Private Companies Wait Too Long to Go Public (wsj.com)
· wsj
NY-NJ Gateway Tunnel Awards Contract to Dig Under Hudson River (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Paris-based SquareMind, whose Swan robot uses AI for full-body dermoscopic skin imaging, raised $18M, including a previously undisclosed pre-Series A (Jim Hammerand/MassDevice) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Elon Musk sits out Thomas Massie's primary (axios.com)
· axios
Cursor-Opus agent snuffs out startup’s production database (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Behold the crown jewel of outrageous gaming laptops (theverge.com)
· theverge
NPM Website Is Down (status.npmjs.org)
· hn · HN
Some jurors selected in the Musk v. Altman trial expressed negative feelings about Elon Musk and AI, but assured the court they would put these concerns aside (Wired) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
LifeMD Bone Longevity Lead on Osteoporosis Treatment, Prevention (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
The Stock Market’s 'Curious Exuberance' Despite the Iran War (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Google Messages read receipts redesign continues with old icons, swipe for time (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
MagSafe Monday: Scosche’s 2-in-1 Qi2 mount is the perfect car companion for summer travel (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Apple introduces monthly subscriptions with a 12-month commitment on the App Store (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Sources: OpenAI missed an internal goal of reaching 1B weekly active ChatGPT users by 2025's end and missed multiple monthly revenue targets earlier in 2026 (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Florida AG probes ChatGPT's role in USF student killings (axios.com)
· axios
"I don't give a damn": Jeffries defends "maximum warfare" remark amid GOP criticism (axios.com)
· axios
Open source package with 1 million monthly downloads stole user credentials (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Nucor Logs Profit Rises, Boosted by Steel Mills Business (wsj.com)
· wsj
Apple TV is about to have two highly acclaimed new comedies airing at once (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Senate Democrats seek an ethics provision in a landmark crypto bill to crack down on the Trump family's crypto businesses, setting up a clash with Republicans (Politico) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Sotheby's US Private Sales Head on $130M Mnuchin Auction (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Canonical lays out a plan for AI in Ubuntu Linux (theverge.com)
· theverge
Musk and Altman face off in trial that will determine OpenAI's future (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Three men are facing 44 charges in Toronto SMS Blaster Arrests (tps.ca)
· hn · HN
Letter: Starboard has taken a significant stake in observability company Dynatrace and is pushing for changes to boost the stock; DT jumps 7%+ after hours (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Letterboxd, the social platform for film buffs, reportedly looking for new owner (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Bed Bath & Beyond First-Quarter Loss Narrows on Cost Cuts, Improved Efficiency (wsj.com)
· wsj
The Sideload 031: The fate of OnePlus (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Apple TV surveys subscribers about content quality, variety, and interest in sports (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
The M5 MacBook Air Has Never Been Cheaper (wired.com)
· wired
The Navy's autonomous carrier-based refueling drone has finally flown (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Is my blue your blue? (ismy.blue)
· hn · HN
S&P, Nasdaq Continue Record Run | Closing Bell (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Apple’s new MacBook Ultra could be exactly what I’ve been wanting (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
OpenAI ends its exclusive partnership with Microsoft (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Elon Musk Boosts New Yorker’s Sam Altman Exposé on X as Trial Begins (wired.com)
· wired
EU tells Google to open up AI on Android; Google says that's "unwarranted intervention" (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
FTC: Americans reported losing $2.1B to social media scams in 2025, including $794M to scams that started on Facebook, more than on any other platform (Scott Younker/Tom's Guide) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Rogers Offers Buyout Packages to Staff, Seeking to Cut Costs (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
L123: A Lotus 1-2-3–style terminal spreadsheet with modern Excel compatibility (github.com)
· hn · HN
Need For 'Clean Beta' with ETFs: F/M Investments CEO (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
With new patch design, the Crew-13 astronauts clearly aren't superstitious (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Banks to Join BMO-Led $1.8 Billion Debt Deal for Honeywell Spinoff (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
WWDC 2026: Apple highlights community events in California during keynote week (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
A treatment for pre-eclampsia may be on the horizon (economist.com)
· economist
Sebastian Sawe breaks iconic sub-two-hour marathon barrier (bbc.com)
· hn · HN
U.S. companies back Sam Altman's World ID even as much of the world pushes back (restofworld.org)
· hn · HN
Potential 'GRFT' ETF Outperforms S&P 500 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Test Your ETF Knowledge In Our IQ Test (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
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